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Amwa Population - Purbi Champaran, Bihar

Amwa is a medium size village located in Chakia(Pipra) Block of Purbi Champaran district, Bihar with total 315 families residing. The Amwa village has population of 1795 of which 952 are males while 843 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 384 which makes up 21.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amwa village is 886 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Amwa as per census is 990, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Amwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Amwa village was 53.93 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Amwa Male literacy stands at 66.14 % while female literacy rate was 39.72 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Amwa village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Amwa village.

Amwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 315 - -
Population 1,795 952 843
Child (0-6) 384 193 191
Schedule Caste 409 210 199
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 53.93 % 66.14 % 39.72 %
Total Workers 464 434 30
Main Worker 107 - -
Marginal Worker 357 336 21

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.79 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.06 % of total population in Amwa village.

Work Profile

In Amwa village out of total population, 464 were engaged in work activities. 23.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 76.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 464 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 50 were Agricultural labourer.